EP0534654A3 - Rf water level measurement - Google Patents

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EP0534654A3
EP0534654A3 EP19920308330 EP92308330A EP0534654A3 EP 0534654 A3 EP0534654 A3 EP 0534654A3 EP 19920308330 EP19920308330 EP 19920308330 EP 92308330 A EP92308330 A EP 92308330A EP 0534654 A3 EP0534654 A3 EP 0534654A3
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Paul Nigel Richards
Jolyon Peter Willson
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    • G—PHYSICS
    • G01—MEASURING; TESTING
    • G01F—MEASURING VOLUME, VOLUME FLOW, MASS FLOW OR LIQUID LEVEL; METERING BY VOLUME
    • G01F23/00—Indicating or measuring liquid level or level of fluent solid material, e.g. indicating in terms of volume or indicating by means of an alarm
    • G01F23/22—Indicating or measuring liquid level or level of fluent solid material, e.g. indicating in terms of volume or indicating by means of an alarm by measuring physical variables, other than linear dimensions, pressure or weight, dependent on the level to be measured, e.g. by difference of heat transfer of steam or water
    • G01F23/28—Indicating or measuring liquid level or level of fluent solid material, e.g. indicating in terms of volume or indicating by means of an alarm by measuring physical variables, other than linear dimensions, pressure or weight, dependent on the level to be measured, e.g. by difference of heat transfer of steam or water by measuring the variations of parameters of electromagnetic or acoustic waves applied directly to the liquid or fluent solid material
    • G01F23/284—Electromagnetic waves
EP92308330A 1991-09-26 1992-09-14 RF water level measurement Expired - Lifetime EP0534654B1 (en)

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GB9120511A GB2260235B (en) 1991-09-26 1991-09-26 Measurement of liquid level
GB9120511 1991-09-26

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EP0534654A2 EP0534654A2 (en) 1993-03-31
EP0534654A3 true EP0534654A3 (en) 1993-12-15
EP0534654B1 EP0534654B1 (en) 1996-06-05

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JP (1) JPH05223625A (en)
CA (1) CA2078488A1 (en)
DE (1) DE69211271T2 (en)
ES (1) ES2089413T3 (en)
GB (1) GB2260235B (en)

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JPH05223625A (en) 1993-08-31
GB2260235B (en) 1995-07-12
EP0534654A2 (en) 1993-03-31
GB9120511D0 (en) 1991-11-06
DE69211271T2 (en) 1997-01-23
DE69211271D1 (en) 1996-07-11
EP0534654B1 (en) 1996-06-05
US5249463A (en) 1993-10-05
CA2078488A1 (en) 1993-03-27
ES2089413T3 (en) 1996-10-01

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